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Sports & Leisure
Welcome to the sports and leisure pages. Develop maintains a presence on the Bromley Sports Disability Panel. This provides a voice for expressing the need for local organisations to offer welcoming sports and leisure activities in the borough that are positive about extending their services to include people with mental health issues.
We have an interest in ensuring people with mental illness have access to choice in sports and leisure, and also in encouraging activity as an opportunity to increase mental wellness and promote healthy lifestyles.
We work with a number of organisations, such as leisure centres, gymnasiums, the parks department, and voluntary walking groups, to ensure fair and equal access and a warm welcome to mental health service users.
Develop also has a position on the Pro-Active Bromley committee and has been invited to be part of the steering group for Pro-Active South London. This inclusive and active steering group will provide a clear platform for those with a stakehold in sport and physical activity to influence and shape how inclusive and active actions are delivered in the sub regions.
We should all be involved in promoting social inclusion because:
- Common mental health problems affect up to one in six of the general population at any one time. Almost everyone will know someone who has had mental health problems at some point in their lives.
- People who cope with mental ill-health are equally capable of making valuable contributions to sport. David Beckham, one of this country's great sporting achievers, has talked openly about his own challenge in dealing with obsessive compulsive disorder.
What's in this for you?
In this section you will be able to find:
- Services that are supporting welcoming access to sports and leisure services for people with mental ill-health.
- Events about sports and leisure, social inclusion and mental health.
- Evidence and policy - Government and sports organisations guidance on creating a real welcome for people with mental health problems in the sports and leisure sector and how to improve the organisation you work in to be more welcoming and supportive to people with mental ill-health.
- Guidance and tools that can be used to help people plan their access to welcoming sports and leisure services.
- News - stories about people's positive experiences of sports and leisure services in the borough.
If you would like more information about social inclusion and mental health, Develop can also offer you:
- Discussion Forum - A place to ask questions, find support and obtain advice on increasing the participation of people with mental health issuers in sports and leisure activities in Bromley and beyond and about what to do if issues relating to mental health arise in your organisation, club or society. (Available to registered site users).
- Training events about social inclusion, sports and leisure services and mental healthand about mental ill-health (from handling stress and promoting mental well-being and/or recovery through to awareness training about mental illness).
If you would like more information please contact: sportsNET@developbromley.com
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Francis to hit the streets of London once again
16th Feb 2010
Francis Thompson (pictured left), a Practice Development Nurse at Banbury House, will once again be running the 2010 London Marathon to raise money for Headway.
On his Justgiving webpage, Francis said:
"This year I'm running all 26.2 miles of the Virgin London Marathon for our local branch of a charity called Headway.
Headway is a registered charity providing information, support, and services to people who have sustained a brain injury, their family and carers. They provide social, leisure and therapeutic activities for brain injured people, to help them to achieve the highest possible level of functioning and quality of life.
This fantastic charity has supported my mother in law for a number of years following a head injury she sustained in a fall. They continue to provide a significant amount of input and activity for her and are reliant on your donations to keep up this good work.
This year I am aiming to complete the course in less than three and a half hours and your support will help to keep me going; donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure and anything that you can give will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again - Francis"
You can pledge money for Francis's charity online at:
Challenge yourself in The Bromley Mile!
11th Feb 2010
After an extremely successful fun run in April 2009, Active Bromley has joined forces with Sports Relief to make the event even bigger and better.
The Active Bromley Campaign is a partnership between Bromley Mytime and London Borough of Bromley with a series of events designed to get more adults taking part in sport and physical activity.
Come and join hundreds of local people completing their Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile at The Bromley Mile which will take place on Sunday 21st March 2010 at Norman Park (Hayes Lane, Bromley, BR2 9EF). Choose your distance – 1, 3 or 6 miles – whichever’s a challenge for you, with a group warm-up before the start of each wave.
As Cllr. Denise Readin mentioned at the fun run in April 2009 – ‘ You’re never too young or too old to take part and it was great to see so many first time runners – the youngest about 2 years old, and the oldest 92 years.’ Let’s see what we can do in 2010!!!
Why don’t you take advantage of all the other activities on hand too?
There will be workshops featuring various sports and leisure pursuits and refreshments will be available. There will also be a face painting stand and prizes for the best fancy dress costumes.
Photos will be taken of as many people as possible throughout the day and will be online here: www.theracephotographer.com/bromley_srm/index.htm
Don’t forget that 10% of the net revenue from photographs will be donated to Sports Relief.
Places will be limited so make sure you don’t miss out. Enter today, get sponsored and make a real day of it!
Register online NOW at www.sportrelief.com/the-mile/bromley-mile or for more information please contact Ashlee Corfe by e-mailing ashlee.corfe@bromleymytime.org.uk or phone 0208 323 1718
Free help to lose weight
16th Dec 2009
NHS Bromley, in partnership with the London Borough of Bromley and Bromley Mytime, are launching a scheme offering free membership of a Weight Watchers or Slimming World group for Bromley residents.
The deadline for this offer is the 31st December, 2009, and interested parties should call 01689 866214 for more details.
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